BRT Peshawar to remain closed during 9th and 10 Muharram

PESHAWAR: The administration of Bus Rapid Transit Project (BRT) Peshawar has decided to keep the service shut temporarily for two days on ninth and 10th of Muharramul Haram (today and tomorrow) as part of security measures for Ashura.

The spokesman for TransPeshawar, the company running BRT Peshawar, said the service has been closed for two days as a temporary measure for security of citizens during Ashura. He said the service will be reopened for citizens on 11^th Muharram, Monday.

The spokesman said BRT Peshawar is providing best travel facilities to the citizens of Peshawar and those who came from other areas. He said irrelevant persons will not be allowed to come on the track of BRT busses during ninth and 10^th Muharram. He said the security of passengers and BRT service is a top priority which will be ensured.

The long awaited BRT Peshawar project was inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on August 13 after which a large number of people are travelling in these busses on daily basis. Apart from a couple of hitches, the service is running smoothly and majority of people using the service are praising it for being inexpensive and having facilities for people, particularly women passengers.

Peshawar has been declared among the highly sensitive districts from security perspective during Muharram. Since BRT is the largest project of Peshawar which affects tens of thousands of people, the administration considered it suitable to close it for two days to avoid any possible security issues.

Terror plot foiled in Peshawar

Peshawar Police on Friday foiled a terror plot during Muharram and arrested three terrorists.

The Capital City Police and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) took the action in Matani area. SSP Operations Mansoor Aman said explosive material has been recovered from the arrested terrorists.

The arrested terrorists have been identified as Bilal, Abdul Qadeer and Ikhtiar Gul, who are residents of Khyber and Mohmand tribal districts.

Initial interrogation revealed that the arrested terrorists are affiliated with Daesh. Police said the arrested terrorists were involved in extortions, landmine attacks and target killings. It said three pistols have also been recovered from terrorists. The SSP said these terrorists were planning terror activities in different parts of the city.